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Fear is not caused by the challenges which face us, the confusion which surrounds us, nor the opposition against us. Rather, fear is the lack of confidence within us which knows that God is supreme, truth will prevail and good will win.
In order to believe in self improvement, you have to believe you have a self separate and apart from God that needs improving. The spiritual principle involved here is…there is One Life and that One Life expresses itself in many different ways. Take a look at a tree for example. There is just one life force in the tree, and that one life force expresses itself AS bark, limbs, leaves, blossoms and fruit. One life, many expressions. So it is with God. There is not God’s life AND my life, there is just God’s life individually expressed AS your life, my life and the life of others.
So since God’s life IS my life, that spiritual Life does not need improving. Some of the Apostle Paul’s highest spiritual revelations are statements he made about the discovery of his own spiritual identity. Some of his Self revelations were….”It is not I who live, but Christ who lives in me.”……and….”The mystery that has been hid through the ages is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”….and…”.I must decrease, He must increase.” In other words, the idea that I have a self separate and apart from God must decrease and the truth that Christ IS my life,…Christ IS the Self that I Am, must increase.
So, if you believe you have a selfhood apart from God, your natural inclination will be to improve yourself. The truth is your true Self is the life of God individually expressing His Self AS Your Self. Upon this realization you are free from trying to improve your self, and free to realizing your true Self, the Christ Life, who is the Self you already are. The switch is from striving to improve someone you’re not to relaxing and just being who you already are.